As mandated by the 1987 Constitution, the education sector will retain the highest budgetary priority next year with the biggest allocation amounting to P924.7 billion under the 2024 National Expenditure Program .
“With 99.5 percent of our public schools now implementing 5-day in-person classes, this amount will fund significant investments in the education of over 28 million learners nationwide,” the President said. “We shall continue to provide funding for the UAQTE [Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education] program, which will receive a total of P51.1 billion. Of this amount, P26.0 billion is allocated for CHED, P21.7 billion for SUCs, and P3.4 billion for TESDA.Of this amount, he said the DepEd would receive P39.
“A well-equipped and well-designed classroom can foster a positive atmosphere for learning. In line with this and as part of DepEd’s seven focus areas, the BEF program will receive P33.